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[Dev]

The only ones not confirmed are BH and Spa by the looks of it.

30 minutes of Ring time is confirmed which if you are swift accounts for 3 laps or if you are ringmini 3.5885167 laps....

[mighty_mini]

but also, two different dates. which is good for people wanting to do the trip but may not be able to go on our dates, or theirs.


I've got myself a new projecto for next year, something with even more cylinders... so lets see how that'll go!!

[Dev]

what happens if you can't do BH2N or SRR then?

[CharlieBrown]

You cry

[Jammy]

You try and go in Easter....?!

[Dev]

For those wondering, you can do whole trip for 350 including food and drink and petrol stopping in a hotel, ok you only get Fri,sat,Sun and mon at ring but you save vast amounts not stopping over in belgium.

[The Matt]

Yep, that price sounds about right. I know you're speaking from experience too.

to be honest I wouldn't have done it any other way for the first time. It was such an amazing epxerience going with TMF and the members of RetroCarClub this year.

That's not to say that SRR wouldn't have been a similar experience.

I guess what I'm trying to say is that there are many benefits to going with a club event such as SRR or BH2N.

[Grimmy@JHE]

one thing that is sort of putting me off...
say i come off, and the old girl pulls down half the armco and it costs say, £2k. if i dont have to money to pay it, what goes on?

Edited by Grimmy@JRE, 15 December 2008 - 09:19 PM.

[CharlieBrown]

That is a risk you have to take, to be honest I'm not sure what would happen but my guess would be that Police would be involved.

Saying that there are ways to limit the risks, driving carefully etc or another way is to just go round on a parade lap.

Charlie

[Tomf]

Saying that there are ways to limit the risks, driving carefully etc or another way is to just go round on a parade lap.

Yea and not going to fast into corners and spinning, not that i would know anything about doing that lol.

[Dev]

Matt - That was the total cost of my trip this year staying in a hotel on the main street in Nurburg.

Grimmy - Your insurance will cover you third party should you punt someone off, however i believe it "may" cover you still for damage to the Armco etc but not for damage to your car. All cars are covered 3rd party on the ring UNLESS specifically stated as a clause in your policy, as it is a public toll road with speed limits.
If your policy document does not mention the Ring specifically then you are covered. However DO NOT call them to check if it is not on there you can exploit the loophole. If you call them all you will do is get the clause inserted in your policy and also make the company include it too.

At the end of the day the Ring runs on BIG BOYS RULES, you break it, you get punted off, you have a talent/fail armco interface issue, it WILL cost and if you dont have the funds to pay for it take each lap slowly and carefully ensuring you check your mirrors at all times, keep to right, indicate when you see someone behind to let them know its ok to pass (basic sensible road craft and manners are important here so use them!!), make sure your car is in good condition (ie not "religous" or with James Bond style smoke screen) and not leaking fluids (ie oil, coolant, petrol - you know who you are...).

Remember it is not a race, completing a lap well will bring speed, and with speed lap times will fall, with speed though risk increases and hence forth you increase you chances of a talent/fail/armco interface issue.....

Edited by Dev, 16 December 2008 - 10:05 AM.

[maph2]

one thing that is sort of putting me off...
say i come off, and the old girl pulls down half the armco and it costs say, £2k. if i dont have to money to pay it, what goes on?

what goes on...well you'll probably get plenty of brutal manlove from the police and everyone else you owe money to.

[Barnett]

I think thats something you want to worry about when you get there, and with that outlook i wouldnt even go on the ring!!

[Dev]

I think thats something you want to worry about when you get there, and with that outlook i wouldnt even go on the ring!!

I think what you mean is that's something you worry about when you have had your talent/fail/armco interface issue.

The brutal manlove from everyone effected, i would imagine to be extremely clean and efficent knowing the germans....

[The Matt]

One other thing I would highly recommend after this year is doing your first lap with a navigator that's been on the ring before. Bounce made me feel so much more comfortable by doing that.